Seasonal boost for Wyevale centres

Tuesday 11 March 2003 13:21 BST

WYEVALE Garden Centres had double-digit growth in like-for-like Christmas sales in the six centres converted for the festive season, it said today, but overall sales in the last eight weeks of 2002 were flat. Full-year sales rose 5.8% to £176.4m. Pre-tax profits grew 12% to £19m. The dividend rises 10% to 12.6p.